# COVID19 NHS and Social Care Messaging Service App

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Business Services Authority](/buyers/nhs-business-services-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Hive Learning Limited
- Award value: £144,000
- Tender value: £144,000
- Award date: 23 April 2020
- Published: 26 May 2020
- Contract start: 20 April 2020
- Contract end: 31 December 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a4191dc9-a578-4cab-9351-1aefe056ac95-360649
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-88eeeaef-32c9-4a00-ab3e-0a44d5a58ce6

## Description

As part of the Government's urgent response to the COVID19 outbreak, the NHSBSA has deployed a communications platform which enables direct communications with the NHS and Adult Social Care workforce\. The provisions of Regulation 32 \(2\) \(c\) have been used, where extreme urgency due to the COVID19 outbreak was not foreseen by the NHSBSA and therefore the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation could not be complied with\. Term of the contract is 20/04/2020 to 31/12/2020\. Additional information: Contract has been awarded on Supplier Terms and Conditions\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a4191dc9-a578-4cab-9351-1aefe056ac95-360649)